Please don't spend money on this.

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

In a nut shell...I tried to watch this when it came out, fell asleep after 15 minutes of it (the dairy farm bit).Its taken me this long to watch it. So it is a Tarantino film, bloody, gory but in a serious comical way. This film is great if you have time to read (unless your fluent in both French and German. Great story, I do not know if it is true to life, but you would hope so. A brilliant story and a great ending. Not as good as Django Unchained.Serious note, the best actor would be Christoph Waltz...he made his character real. Brad Pitt was in the film but I would say as a cameo...plus could not understand a flipping word he said. Melanie Laurent amazing too. We can not see such talent until its out in our face and I have seen some of it.

The Inglorious Bastards is an action / comedy directed by Enzo G. Castellari in 1978 and is set in France during World War II. Bo Svenson plays Lt. Robert Yaeger, a combat pilot who is in trouble for using his airplane to take vacations. He is grouped together with fellow derelict soldiers Pvt. Fred Canfield (Fred Williamson), Nick (Michael Pergolani), Tony (Peter Hooten), and Berle (Jackie Basehart) for transport to a military prison. As the main characters are brought to the truck and during the ride, we are introduced to their personalities. Pvt. Canfield is a tough guy who looks out for the weak, Bearle is a coward who deserted, Nick is a thief and Tony is a loudmouth troublemaker. Lt Yeager is a no-nonsense even-keeled leader who stands up for what's right.On the ride to prison, their truck is attacked by Germans and they overcome their guards in the confusion. Still wanted, they hatch a plan to flee for the nearby Swiss border. Instantly, Lt. Yeager becomes their leader and they manage to capture a German soldier named Adolph Sachs (Raimund Harmstorf) who is also an escaped prisoner. After surviving several hostile encounters, the group kills a small German detachment who turns out to actually be an American Special Operations unit in disguise. When they are mistaken for the Special Ops unit, they decide to go along with the ruse and take on the mission the Americans were there for. They meet with Col. Buckner (Ian Bannen), confess and offer to complete the mission for him in return for their freedom. He agrees and in taking on the mission whole heartedly, they rise above their sordid past and perform heroically. The theme of this film is then that people can overcome their bad reputations and habits to become admirable.The large gorilla in the corner of the room is obviously that the plot and theme bear striking similarity to the earlier film Dirty Dozen. The Inglorious Bastards not only recognizes that but the tagline on the DVD release even says "Whatever the Dirty Dozen did, THEY DO IT DIRTIER!" This is not a complex film, it is an Action / Comedy with an emphasis on the action. Interspersed with tons of action, there is some character development that supports the theme. Shortly after the group wins its freedom, they come across a battle field and hide as a German unit sets up a hasty ambush for an American unit. Lt. Yeager immediately suggests that they help the Americans and although Pvt. Canfield initially refuses, it takes very little besides Lt Yeager's example to set him in action. Berle crumbles into a shivering cowards and Tony would rather harass the German prisoner while Nick just observes. In contrast, by the end of the film, everyone plays their part, even Berle who manages to take over a train engine killing German soldiers rather than shake in fear in the corner.The Cinematics in this film are not complex or deep. There is no deep symbolic imagery. The editing is traditional and to the point. The camera work is very well done but also very practical. The acting is passable but not award winning. The film does not try to be something larger than what it is and that is a fun action film about a group of misfit soldiers who overcome their own obstacles to achieve greatness.

In 1944, in France, the rogue American soldiers Lieutenant Robert Yeager (Bo Svenson), Private Fred Canfield (Fred Williamson), the murderer Tony (Peter Hooten), the thief Nick (Michael Pergolani) and the coward Berle (Jackie Basehart) are transported to a military prison. However, the convoy is attacked by the Germans and they survive and flee with the intention of cross the border of Switzerland.Along their journey, they fight against a German platoon and capture the German prisoner Adolf Sachs (Raimund Harmstorf) that offers to guide them to the Swiss border. When they meet a German troop, they kill them but sooner they discover that they actually were and American commando in a mission headed by Colonel Buckner (Ian Bannen) to steal a German V2 warhead. Lt. Yeager, Fred, Tony and Nick offer to risk their lives to accomplish the mission."Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato" is the original "The Inglorious Bastards" that Quentin Tarantino repeated the title in his film. The story is a sort of rip-off of "The Dirty Dozen", with delightful characters and non-stop action and hilarious sequences. This B-movie is entertaining parody of movies of war. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O Expresso Blindado S.S." ("The Armored S.S. Express")

If there is any movie that qualifies for the "Spaghetti War" genre, it is definitely The Inglorious Bastards. Action packed, loud explosions, flying bullets, mean unable-to-shoot straight Germans, ace shooting Americans, a dash of humour and romance, this is the ultimate guy flick.Right from the poster which boasts "Whatever the Dirty Dozen did, they did it dirtier" this film does not pretend to be artistic like Saving Private Ryan or Schindler's List or even classic like The Longest Day or the Bridge on the River Kwai. Nor are there any historic overtones like the underrated classic Operation Daybreak or the under performing A Bridge Too Far. It is just a shoot em up movie that promises loads of action and boy, does it deliver.Borrowing its plot line from the Dirty Dozen, the film centers on five American military prisoners who are inadvertently rescued when a German plane attacks their transportation. Hoping to make it to Switzerland to escape the remaining years of the war, they become inextricably pulled back into the war where they have to join the Freanch Resistance and the US Army (or Army Intelligence?) for a dangerous mission that will take them right into the lair of the enemy, of course being the Nazis.The central heroes cannot be more different. There is 1.Bo Svenson who becomes their unofficial leader looking cool in his black leather jacket and who provides the moral backbone and strength of leadership that guides the group;2. Fred Williamson who looks super cool shooting up dumb Germans in the heat of battle while casually smoking his cigar as if it was the most natural thing in the world; 3. the master forger and scavenger obsessed with a nude picture and provides comic relief; 4.a redneck racist always looking for an opportunity to goad Fred Williamson; and 5. a coward with hearing pains who inexplicably turns into a ferocious tiger if only briefly.I watched this movie in high school on VHS in Nigeria over 20 years ago and can still remember the over glorious, over patriotic but highly enjoyable score. The score is matched by a Sergio Leone type credit that features the movie title colourfully highlighted in big two dimensional letters that covers almost the entire screen, superimposed by silhouettes of somersaulting dying men and the undercarriage of a moving train.Three scenes stick out in my mind. There is the scene with Fred Willamson with his cigar and machine gun that never runs out of bullets accompanied by a beautiful French Resistane nurse that has only a (luger?) Despite the shortage of arms, and the fact that the duo is vastly outnumbered by well trained and fully armed German soldiers, the duo manages to wipe them out in a guerrilla type of warfare. Poor Nazis.The second sequence is the stealth penetration of a castle that houses the Nazi military The third sequence and perhaps the most memorable in the movie is the slow motion scene of dying warriors on both sides.The action sequences may now seem a bit tame compared to nowadays action movies. But despite the implausible plot, unbelievable action scenes, the obvious ripping off of the Dirty Dozen (prisoners compelled to fight, the obligatory African American, the obligatory redneck), this is a hugely entertaining film that will not appeal to your intellect. Just one of those guiltily enjoyable action movies that would appeal to your excitement. Just suspend your disbelief no matter how hard it may seem and enjoy the ride.